Xinhua Hong Kong: Holding high a national flag, Carey Chan jogged down the Avenue of Stars in Tsim Sha Tsui on the afternoon of October 1 to celebrate the National Day of the People’s Republic of China, something he dared not do last year.“I would have been ‘lynched’ by black-clad rioters then,” he said. “But […]
Read MoreChina Economic NetBeijing: China has refuted some Western countries’ slanders on issues related to its Hong Kong and Xinjiang, saying it would never accept “an instructor” on human rights and opposes double standards.As some Western countries have behaved badly in their own human rights situation, “What right do they have to make carping comments on […]
Read MoreStockholm: Three scientists shared the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics for their discoveries about the black hole, one of the most exotic phenomena in the universe, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm announced last week.The prize has been awarded with one half to Roger Penrose and the other half jointly to Reinhard Genzel […]
Read MoreKabul: Ambassador Stefano Pontecorvo is playing the role of the NATO Senior Civilian Representative in Afghanistan at a critical juncture for Afghanistan’s future.When Ambassador Pontecorvo assumed the office this year, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said: “Ambassador Pontecorvo brings a long-standing diplomatic experience, including on Afghanistan and the broad regional context. I look forward to […]
Read MoreLiang Yuchun – China Daily In the 65 years since its founding, particularly since the 18th Communist Party of China National Congress in 2012, the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region has followed a people-centric policy and made historic achievements in human rights protection.Especially, Xinjiang residents’ right to life is better protected today because there has been […]
Read MoreLeo Howard Tokyo: Come autumn, the Japanese will throw around phrases that point to seasonal hobbies such as supotsu no aki (autumn of sports), geijitsu no aki (autumn of art) and dokusho no aki (autumn of reading).The first two are reflected in the sports and culture festivals held at the nation’s schools, but the dokusho […]
Read MoreXinhua Beijing: The People’s Republic of China embraced its 71st founding anniversary amid the country’s race against time to realize national rejuvenation withstanding various challenges, thus evincing a test of courage as the road ahead is not devoid of struggles. Since the beginning of this year, the country has grappled with numerous challenges. The sudden […]
Read MoreNewswire Islamabad: Head of Communication and Public Diplomacy at the British High Commission Fouzia Younis believes Pakistani women can make a big difference despite challenges.Expressing delight, she said for the first time in the history of the Chevening Pakistan programme this year nearly 60% of the selected scholars were talented and inspirational Pakistani women who […]
Read MoreDubai: Kuwait’s Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Sabah became the oil-rich nation’s new ruling emir last week, reaching the highest post in the country after decades in its security services.Sheikh Nawaf, 83, had served as the crown prince since 2006, jumping a traditional order of alternating rule between the Al Jaber and the […]
Read MoreImtiaz Rafi Butt The year 2020 holds a unique place in the history of China. In the words of Xi Jinping, 2020 is the “time of milestones for China”. This national day for China brings a revival of the sorts never seen before. First and foremost, the Chinese Government and its people have managed to […]
Read MoreCovert Report Vatican City: The Vatican denied US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s request for an audience with Pope Francis this week, saying the pope would not see Pompeo in the midst of the American presidential campaign.“Yes, he asked,” Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin said as Pompeo is in Europe for a weeklong visit. […]
Read MoreIslamabad: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has imposed another strict condition on Pakistan to continue its loan program and demanded that the subsidy of utility stores including electricity and gas be abolished.The IMF has demanded an end to subsidies for utility stores, including electricity and gas, and set up a special cell in the finance […]
Read MoreIslamabad: The 3rd meeting of National e-Commerce Council (NeCC) has included the project “kickoff” between National Institutional Facilitation Technologies (NIFT) and Checkout.com for bringing international payment methods to Pakistan.The implementation will enable both organizations to provide payment services through each others infrastructure and pursue commercial opportunities as a partnership, said a press release issued by […]
Read MoreAn Baijie Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping has made it loud and clear that no single country can dictate terms.No country should be allowed to do whatever it likes and be the hegemon or bully, Xi said. “Unilateralism is a dead end,” he said.In a video speech delivered at a high-level meeting in honour of […]
Read MoreGwadar Pro Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan wants to take Pakistan-China ties to new heights as he is into the third year of his five-year term, close aides said.Government officials working closely with the PM told Gwadar Pro that China was the top priority for the premier and he regularly directs all the aides […]
Read MoreZhong Sheng – People’s Daily Though some US politicians are trying everything to contain the country’s development and hinder the exchanges between China and the US, China still chooses to stand on the right side of history, responding with calmness, composure and confidence.China, facing the world and future, is determined to walk along the road […]
Read MoreAbdul Basit The eight-member Shanghai Cooperation Organization, established in 2001, may atrophy in the years to come like the South Asian Organization for Cooperation (SAARC) and the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO).My fundamental argument is that regional or transregional organizations in most cases fail to deliver if bilateral relations of its key member states remain rickety […]
Read MoreNewswire Kabul: Ambassador Stefano Pontecorvo, the Senior Civilian Representative of NATO to Afghanistan, is confident about peace in Afghanistan.In an interview in Kabul, the veteran diplomat said reaching peace was not easy after forty years of conflict in Afghanistan but big progress had been made. Following are the excerpts from the interview:Question: We are very […]
Read MoreAmbassador Stefano Pontecorvo This is a historic moment for Afghanistan as Afghans prepare to determine the future of their country through intra-Afghan negotiations. The Afghan people and the world are watching with hope and expectation that, after decades of conflict, peace is within reach. The path to peace was never going to be easy. We […]
Read MoreWang Wen – Global Times After I finished my research in East China’s Fujian Province, a local official of Ningde gave me a book titled Up and out of Poverty, a compilation of Xi Jinping’s major works from September 1988 to May 1990 while he worked in the city.Now, Ningde has completely been lifted out […]
Read MoreGwadar Pro Islamabad: Chinese ambassador to Pakistan Yao Jing is convinced that Pakistan-China friendship is much above the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). The envoy, who has completed his tenure in Pakistan and will soon leave for Beijing, told a farewell reception here Friday night that the multi-billion-dollar CPEC had definitely strengthened the existing friendship. “CPEC […]
Read MoreIslamabad: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said that 2.5 million people in Sindh were homeless because of floods and similar is the case in Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Gilgit but there is no voice for them.The federal government led by the PPP in 2010 and 2011, he said, had helped the […]
Read MoreAmbassador Andreas Ferrarese Islamabad: Ambassador of Italy to Pakistan Andreas Ferrarese has said that representing his country in Islamabad was a dream which came true.In a message, he said, being an Ambassador in Islamabad was a position that satisfied his desire from the beginning of his diplomatic career 26 years ago“In my first assignment to […]
Read MoreNewswire Islamabad: Almost all the Pakistanis – including incumbent Prime Minister Imran Khan – and former Presidents or the premiers believe China can only benefit Pakistan.Apart from the top politicians, the common man sees China as the trustworthy friend who will never leave Pakistan and the Pakistanis alone. Nadeem Afzal Chan, a spokesperson of Prime […]
Read MoreBeijing: China has approved a detailed plan for the core area of the capital city of Beijing for the 2018-2035 period, stressing its functions of serving central administrative organs as well as the firm and orderly relief of its non-capital roles. “The core area is where Beijing’s functions as the nation’s political, cultural and international […]
Read MoreRome: Matt Dillon will be a special guest at Rome’s Floating Theatre, in the EUR district of the capital, at 23.00 on Thursday 27 August. The appearance of the American actor follows the recent launch of Rome’s first floating cinema, inaugurated by veteran US director Oliver Stone on 24 August. Dillon, who has joined the […]
Read MoreKabul: NATO Senior Civilian Representative in Afghanistan Stefano Pontecorvo Thursday expressed optimism about peace in Afghanistan. Earlier, Maulawi Abdul Salam Hanafi, a senior member of the Taliban movement, met Ambassador Pontecorvo in Doha to discuss the US-Taliban February deal and current situation in Afghanistan. “I met the Taliban representation in Doha. I reiterated NATO’s support […]
Read MoreRome: Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli has appealed for the safe return of his pet dog Pallina which apparently slipped off his boat and disappeared into the sea off Sardinia. Bocelli took to social media to launch his appeal, saying that Pallina – “our Italian whippet” – is missing in the stretch of sea between Liscia […]
Read MoreBeijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping has stressed adopting a long-term perspective, grasping the trend of the times and extensively pooling wisdom to study new circumstances and make new plans. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remarks at a symposium […]
Read MoreRome: Rome city council backed a motion in early August to name a future Metro C station after the so-called partigiano nero or ‘black partisan’ Giorgio Marincola, instead of the planned name of Amba Aradam – Ipponio. “Rome is proudly anti-fascist,” said mayor Virginia Raggi who declared that Marincola “sacrificed his life for the good […]
Read MoreBeijing: ByteDance, owner of the popular video platform TikTok, announced Sunday that it will file a lawsuit against the U.S. government Tuesday, Beijing time, to protect its rights and interests while beginning to prepare a shutdown plan for its business in the United States. “Over the past year, we have earnestly sought to communicate with […]
Read MoreRome: Whether it’s about daily habits, manners or human nature in general, Italians have some very classic proverbs that seem to fit any circumstance. Some of them very international, some more local and ‘in dialect’, take a look at the following and judge for yourself how much the Italian ‘nonni’ have in common with your […]
Read MoreBeijing: More than 140 bronze antiques from China’s bronze age were recently exhibited at the National Museum of China. Dating back to multiple dynasties including Shang, Zhou, Qin and Han, which spanned from around 1600 B.C. to A.D. 220, all the antiques were excavated in Baoji, northwest China’s Shaanxi Province, and nearby areas. According to […]
Read MoreRome: Italian Defense Minister Lorenzo Guerini will be in Beirut today (Monday), presenting emergency aid mobilized by his country’s military to help Lebanon following the devastating explosion in the capital on Aug. 4 and a spike in COVID-19 cases. Nave San Giusto — a vessel carrying more than 500 soldiers along with chemical warfare and […]
Read MoreIslamabad: The COVID-19 pandemic had a sudden and substantial impact on the arts and cultural heritage sector. The global health crisis and the uncertainly resulting from it profoundly affected organizations operations as well as individuals across the sector. By March 2020, most cultural institutions across the world were indefinitely closed (or at least with their […]
Read MoreRome: China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi will meet his Italian counterpart Luigi Di Maio in Rome on Tuesday, the Italian foreign ministry said on Friday, amid tensions over telecommunications giant Huawei Technologies. Italy has not joined the United States in imposing restrictions on Huawei but the company was excluded from a recent Telecom Italia tender […]
Read MoreKabul: Afghanistan’s President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani on Saturday met NATO’s Senior Civilian Representative in Afghanistan Stefano Pontecorvo and discussed issues including the peace process in Afghanistan, the Presidential Palace said. In the meeting attended by National Security Advisor Hamdullah Mohib, the two sides exchanged views on the peace process, strengthening and equipping Afghan national security […]
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